US11290817B2 - Headset system with a headset and a control box - Google Patents

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US11290817B2
US11290817B2 US17/054,691 US201817054691A US11290817B2 US 11290817 B2 US11290817 B2 US 11290817B2 US 201817054691 A US201817054691 A US 201817054691A US 11290817 B2 US11290817 B2 US 11290817B2
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  • the invention relates to a headset system comprising a headset, which headset comprises at least a first earphone, a D/A converter, a first cable and a first connector, and wherein the headset system further comprises a control box, which control box comprises a second connecter, which is adapted to be connected to the first connector, and a third connector which is adapted to be connected to a fourth connector of a computing device, and which control box comprises a user interface.
  • the USB standard provides at least one power pin (V BUS ), one Ground pin, one Data+ pin and one Data ⁇ pin.
  • the power pin provides electrical power to the electronics, such as f. ex. a D/A-A/D converter, noise cancelling circuits etc. in the headset.
  • Some headset systems are provided with a control box, which can be connected to a personal computer.
  • the control box can include a D/A-A/D converter and a TRRS jack socket which can receive a 3.5 mm TRRS jack of a corded headset.
  • Jabra Evolve 80 is an example of such a headset system.
  • the headset itself comprises an internal rechargeable battery and an active noise cancellation circuit.
  • the battery can be recharged via a fifth connector on the sleeve of the TRRS jack connector.
  • the 3.5 mm jack can be disconnected from the control box and inserted into a 3.5 mm socket of f. ex. a smart phone.
  • a problem with this headset system is, that the headset
  • the headset system characterized in that the D/A converter is arranged at the headset and that the control box is adapted to send control signals via the first cable to the headset, when the user interface is activated by a user.
  • This headset system is flexible, as the headset can be coupled to digital sources with or without the control box.
  • the headset further comprises a microphone and an A/D converter.
  • the headset system may be adapted to transmit the audio signal in digital format between the control box and the headset.
  • the headset system may be adapted to transmit the audio signal directly from the third connector to the first connector without any conversion.
  • the first and second connectors connector ( 5 , 6 ) comprise a V BUS pin, a Data+ pin, a Data ⁇ pin and a Ground pin.
  • the headset system is adapted to send control signals as power-line communication from the control box via the V BUS pin to the headset.
  • control box comprises a programmable circuit, wherein the headset system is adapted to send firmware update as power-line communication from the headset via the V BUS pin and the Ground pin to the control box.
  • the third connector comprises a V BUS pin, a Data+ pin, a Data ⁇ pin and a Ground pin.
  • the first connector is a USB-C connector.
  • the third connector is a USB Type A connector.
  • the user interface of the control box comprises push buttons.
  • FIG. 1 discloses a headset system according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 discloses a control box of a headset system according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 discloses a schematic view of the headset system of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 4 discloses a Power Line Communication signal, which is communicated between the control box and a headset of the headset system.
  • FIG. 1 discloses a headset system 1 according to this specification.
  • the headset system 1 comprises a headset 2 , a first cable 4 with a first connector 5 .
  • the first connector 5 can be inserted into a second connector 6 (see FIG. 2 ) of a control box 3 .
  • a second cable 7 extends from the control box 3 and comprises at its free end a third connector 8 , which can be inserted into a fourth connector 16 of a personal computer 15 .
  • the headset 2 is a duo headset comprising a first earphone 9 , a second earphone 10 , a headband 38 interconnecting the first and second earphones 9 , 10 , a microphone arm 11 extending from the first earphone 9 and a microphone 12 at the free end of the microphone arm 11 .
  • the housing of the first earphone 9 comprises electronics, which will be described in relation to FIG. 3 .
  • the first cable 4 extending from the first earphone 9 is a 4 wire cable and the first connector 5 is a USB-C plug.
  • the second connector 6 is a USB-C receptacle.
  • the second cable 7 extending from the control box 3 is a standard USB cable and the third connector 8 is a USB Type A plug.
  • the fourth connector 16 is a USB Type A receptacle.
  • the headset 2 is connected to the PC 15 via the control box 3 .
  • the first connector 5 can be unplugged from the control box 3 and connected to a USB-C receptacle of a smartphone 18 .
  • the user 19 can use the headset for communications over the smartphone without the use of the control box 3 .
  • the user 19 can also plug the first connector 5 directly into a USB-C receptacle of a PC and use a softphone on the PC 15 without using the control box 3 .
  • the control box 3 provides advantages which will be explained in the following.
  • FIG. 2 shows the control box 3 in greater detail.
  • the control box 3 comprises the second cable 7 with the third connector 8 , which is a USB Type A plug. However, it could also be a USB-C plug.
  • the second connector 6 which is a USB-C receptacle, can be seen on the front most end in FIG. 2 .
  • the control box 3 comprises a number of control buttons. These buttons include a large rotatable volume button 31 , first and second programmable push buttons 32 , 33 , an answer/end call push button 34 and a mute/un-mute button 35 at the centre of the volume button 31 .
  • the first programmable push button 32 is by default set as a speed dial button, and the second programmable button 33 is default set as a busy-light button. All the push buttons 32 - 35 have LED illuminated ring around their periphery, that lightens up, when the function of the button is activated.
  • FIG. 3 discloses a schematic view of the electronic parts of the headset system 1 .
  • the connection between the control box 3 and the PC 15 is a standard USB connection, which comprises the following 4 pins: V BUS 27 , Data+ 27 , Data ⁇ 29 and Ground 30 .
  • the interface 36 between the second cable 7 and the PC 25 is a standard USB Type A interface with the four mentioned pins 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 .
  • the first cable 4 connecting the headset 2 and the control box 3 is as previously mentioned a 4-wire cable provided with the same 4 pins as the second cable 7 .
  • the USB-C plug 5 at the end of the first cable 4 provides together with the USB-C receptacle 6 in the control box 3 a USB-C interface 37 .
  • USB-C is a 24-pin USB connector system. However, only the four pins of the standard USB connection are in use here.
  • the Data+ pin 28 and Data ⁇ pin 29 are running through the control box 3 from the second cable 7 to the USB-C receptacle without being connected to any electronic circuitry within the control box 3 .
  • the control box 3 comprises a controller circuit 17 . This controller circuit 17 is connected to the control buttons 31 - 35 and the V BUS and Ground data pins 27 , 30 .
  • the headset 2 comprises a first speaker 22 , a second speaker 23 , a microphone 12 and a circuitry 20 comprising a D/A converter 14 , an A/D converter 26 , a controller circuitry 24 and a Digital Signal Processing circuitry 25 .
  • the interconnections between these different parts are not shown in detail for clarity reasons. Furthermore, only essential parts relevant for this specification are shown. Although the USB-C standard used for the first cable 4 and the first connector 5 has 24 pins, only four of the pins are used here. Power to feed the headset circuitry 20 are received form the V BUS pin 27 and audio and other data are digitally communicated to and from the PC 25 via the data pins 28 , 29 .
  • the analogue signals from the microphone 12 is converted by the AD converter 26 to digital format and transmitted to the PC vi the data pins 28 , 29 .
  • Digital audio signals received via the data pins 28 , 29 from the PC 25 are converted by the DA converter 14 to analogue signals, which are sent to the speakers 22 , 23 .
  • the headset 2 itself has no user face such as control buttons. The user can remote control the softphone on the PC 25 by means of the control buttons 31 - 35 on the control box 3 .
  • signals are transmitted via the V BUS 27 as so-called PLC signals.
  • PLC is an acronym for Power Line Communication and means that data and power are transmitted over the same line. In this case, control signals are transmitted as a superimposed signal added to the supplied 5 Volt on the V B US pin 27 .
  • FIG. 4 shows schematic how the 5 Volt supply signal has a superimposed control signal 21 .
  • This superimposed or embedded control signal 21 is detected by a filter in the controller circuit 24 of the headset 2 .
  • the signal 21 is converted to a signal which can be sent via the data pins 27 , 29 to the PC 25 .
  • the circuit 17 or a part of the circuit 17 of the control box 3 can be a programmable chip programmed with firmware.
  • a firmware update can be done with PLC signals.
  • a firmware update can be controlled from the PC 25 , and the firmware is sent via the data pins 28 , 29 from the PC 25 to the headset 2 and as PLC signals from the headset 2 to the control box 3 .
  • USB-C is also called USB type C.

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